sneedmc/libraries/rainbow/include/rainbow.h

/* This was part of the KDE project - see KGuiAddons
 * Copyright (C) 2007 Matthew Woehlke <mw_triad@users.sourceforge.net>
 * Copyright (C) 2007 Olaf Schmidt <ojschmidt@kde.org>
 * Copyright (C) 2007 Thomas Zander <zander@kde.org>
 * Copyright (C) 2007 Zack Rusin <zack@kde.org>
 * Copyright (C) 2015 Petr Mrazek <peterix@gmail.com>
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
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 */

#pragma once

#include <QPainter>
class QColor;

/**
 * A set of methods used to work with colors.
 */
namespace Rainbow
{
/**
 * Calculate the luma of a color. Luma is weighted sum of gamma-adjusted
 * R'G'B' components of a color. The result is similar to qGray. The range
 * is from 0.0 (black) to 1.0 (white).
 *
 * Rainbow::darken(), Rainbow::lighten() and Rainbow::shade()
 * operate on the luma of a color.
 *
 * @see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luma_(video)
 */
qreal luma(const QColor &);

/**
 * Calculate hue, chroma and luma of a color in one call.
 * @since 5.0
 */
void getHcy(const QColor &, qreal *hue, qreal *chroma, qreal *luma,
                           qreal *alpha = 0);

/**
 * Calculate the contrast ratio between two colors, according to the
 * W3C/WCAG2.0 algorithm, (Lmax + 0.05)/(Lmin + 0.05), where Lmax and Lmin
 * are the luma values of the lighter color and the darker color,
 * respectively.
 *
 * A contrast ration of 5:1 (result == 5.0) is the minimum for "normal"
 * text to be considered readable (large text can go as low as 3:1). The
 * ratio ranges from 1:1 (result == 1.0) to 21:1 (result == 21.0).
 *
 * @see Rainbow::luma
 */
qreal contrastRatio(const QColor &, const QColor &);

/**
 * Adjust the luma of a color by changing its distance from white.
 *
 * @li amount == 1.0 gives white
 * @li amount == 0.5 results in a color whose luma is halfway between 1.0
 * and that of the original color
 * @li amount == 0.0 gives the original color
 * @li amount == -1.0 gives a color that is 'twice as far from white' as
 * the original color, that is luma(result) == 1.0 - 2*(1.0 - luma(color))
 *
 * @param amount factor by which to adjust the luma component of the color
 * @param chromaInverseGain (optional) factor by which to adjust the chroma
 * component of the color; 1.0 means no change, 0.0 maximizes chroma
 * @see Rainbow::shade
 */
QColor
lighten(const QColor &, qreal amount = 0.5, qreal chromaInverseGain = 1.0);

/**
 * Adjust the luma of a color by changing its distance from black.
 *
 * @li amount == 1.0 gives black
 * @li amount == 0.5 results in a color whose luma is halfway between 0.0
 * and that of the original color
 * @li amount == 0.0 gives the original color
 * @li amount == -1.0 gives a color that is 'twice as far from black' as
 * the original color, that is luma(result) == 2*luma(color)
 *
 * @param amount factor by which to adjust the luma component of the color
 * @param chromaGain (optional) factor by which to adjust the chroma
 * component of the color; 1.0 means no change, 0.0 minimizes chroma
 * @see Rainbow::shade
 */
QColor darken(const QColor &, qreal amount = 0.5, qreal chromaGain = 1.0);

/**
 * Adjust the luma and chroma components of a color. The amount is added
 * to the corresponding component.
 *
 * @param lumaAmount amount by which to adjust the luma component of the
 * color; 0.0 results in no change, -1.0 turns anything black, 1.0 turns
 * anything white
 * @param chromaAmount (optional) amount by which to adjust the chroma
 * component of the color; 0.0 results in no change, -1.0 minimizes chroma,
 * 1.0 maximizes chroma
 * @see Rainbow::luma
 */
QColor shade(const QColor &, qreal lumaAmount, qreal chromaAmount = 0.0);

/**
 * Create a new color by tinting one color with another. This function is
 * meant for creating additional colors withings the same class (background,
 * foreground) from colors in a different class. Therefore when @p amount
 * is low, the luma of @p base is mostly preserved, while the hue and
 * chroma of @p color is mostly inherited.
 *
 * @param base color to be tinted
 * @param color color with which to tint
 * @param amount how strongly to tint the base; 0.0 gives @p base,
 * 1.0 gives @p color
 */
QColor tint(const QColor &base, const QColor &color, qreal amount = 0.3);

/**
 * Blend two colors into a new color by linear combination.
 * @code
    QColor lighter = Rainbow::mix(myColor, Qt::white)
 * @endcode
 * @param c1 first color.
 * @param c2 second color.
 * @param bias weight to be used for the mix. @p bias <= 0 gives @p c1,
 * @p bias >= 1 gives @p c2. @p bias == 0.5 gives a 50% blend of @p c1
 * and @p c2.
 */
QColor mix(const QColor &c1, const QColor &c2, qreal bias = 0.5);

/**
 * Blend two colors into a new color by painting the second color over the
 * first using the specified composition mode.
 * @code
    QColor white(Qt::white);
    white.setAlphaF(0.5);
    QColor lighter = Rainbow::overlayColors(myColor, white);
   @endcode
 * @param base the base color (alpha channel is ignored).
 * @param paint the color to be overlayed onto the base color.
 * @param comp the CompositionMode used to do the blending.
 */
QColor
overlayColors(const QColor &base, const QColor &paint,
              QPainter::CompositionMode comp = QPainter::CompositionMode_SourceOver);
}